"Whats Love Got To Do With It?"

All About Us,Me, Mine Is Condemn

Philippians 2:3–4 NASB95

3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

Mt 16:25 “25 “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”

; Ro 14:15 “15 For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.”

; Ro 15:1 “1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.”

1 Co 8:9 “9 But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.”

1 Co 10:24 “24 Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor.”

; Ga 5:26; Jas 3:14–15

Examples of self-love(Narciss

Es 6:6 So Haman came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?””

Is 5:8 “8 Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!”

Da 4:30 “30 “The king reflected and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’”

Nebuchadnezzar; 2 Ti 3:2; Jas 5:5

Love of prestige

Pride in one’s position (Be The Talk and Toast Of The Town reputation is condemned

Pr 25:27 “27 It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one’s own glory.”

1 Co 13:4 “4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,”

See also Pr 21:4; Pr 25:6–7; Mt 23:12; Ro 12:10; Jas 3:1

Examples of the love of prestige

2 Sa 15:1 Absalom; 1 Ki 1:5 Adonijah; Is 14:13 the king of Babylon; Je 46:5; Eze 28:2; Mt 20:21; Mt 23:6–7; Lk 14:7; Lk 22:24; Jn 12:43 the man of lawlessness; 2 Th 2:4; 3 Jn 9

Love of the world

Love of the world is condemned

1 John 2:15 NASB95

15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

See also Ex 23:2; Mt 16:26; Ro 12:2; Col 3:2; 2 Ti 2:4; Tt 2:12; Jas 4:4

Examples of the love of the world

Mt 24:38; Lk 14:18 those invited to the great banquet; 2 Ti 4:10 Demas

Love of money

Love of money is condemned

1 Timothy 6:9–10 NASB95

9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

See also Ps 62:10; Pr 28:20; Ec 5:10; Lk 12:15

Examples of the love of riches

Jos 7:21 Achan; 2 Ki 5:20 Gehazi; Mic 3:11; Mt 19:22 the rich young man; Mt 26:15 Judas Iscariot; Lk 16:14; Jn 12:6; Ac 16:19; Ac 24:26 Felix; 2 Pe 2:15

Love of sin

The love of sin is condemned

2 Thessalonians 2:12 NASB95

12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

See also Job 15:16; Pr 2:14; Pr 17:19; Ro 1:32; 2 Pe 2:10

Examples of the love of sinning

1 Ki 21:25 Ahab and Jezebel; Je 14:10; Mic 3:2; 2 Pe 2:13–14

Love of other gods

Idolatry is condemned

Deuteronomy 6:13–14 NASB95

13 “You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name. 14 “You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,

See also Ex 20:3; Le 26:1; Dt 12:30; Ac 17:29; 1 Jn 5:21

Examples of the love of idols

Ex 32:4 the golden calf; Jdg 2:11–12; 2 Ki 17:15; Da 5:4 Belshazzar; Ac 17:16 the city of Athens; Ro 1:23